Dreyer (Carl Theodore) Jesus of Nazareth screenplay, c.1950.

Dreyer (Carl Theodore) Jesus of Nazareth screenplay, signed presentation inscription from Dreyer to title "To my very dear friends Mr and Mrs ?Gaulau in memory of many happy hours we have spent together", typescript, original plain wrappers, chipped, c.1950; and a typed synopsis of the same, 4to (2)

⁂ An inscribed copy of Dreyer's great unrealised film. Copies of the script are rare, especially so signed. Dreyer worked on the script of Jesus of Nazareth for over 30 years but the project never went further, it is often cited as one of the great unmade films.

"The purpose of this film must be to bring the image of Jesus out of the gloom of churches and into nature, in which Jesus himself liked to travel, and to show that Jesus did not float in the clouds but walked the earth as a man, in whom the creative ability that inhabits every human soul unfolded under forms such as have never been seen before or since in history." - Carl Theodore Dreyer.